Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-09-03

vi festive song
When summer skies grow pale,
When autumn breeZeS wall,
Then gladly these We'll hail,
Bright golden rod.
--E. j. CARPENTER in the Pilot.
rHE SEASON CHANGING.
It it quite evident that the seasons
gre changing somewhat in this particu
lar; thatso far as relates to farming OPP
erations they can commence as early
and are more heightened out in the Fall.
As a general rule it was expected that
all hoed crops would receive full atten-
lion and be, SO to speak, out OF the way
before haying commenced. But in these
times it is not an unusual thing for hay
ing to commence after the first hoeing,
and frequently is pressing even at that
time. Even now, with haying at hand
and some pieces cut, we know of corn
fields only prepared for hoeing. The
reason seems to be that work cannot
commence at Spring as earlyas for
merly, and at the same time the growth
of grass remains, in season, about the
same time. This condition of things
suggests the advantage of underdrain-
ing, thereby the soil is fitted for much
earlier working than in the case if left
to the removal of surface water by the
mere natural method of surface evapor-
alton.
PROFIT IN FEEDING.
The profits in feeding animals are
graduated by age. There is more
growth in proportion to the food con-
sumed the first year than the second;
more the second than the third; more
the third than the fourth. When an
animal gets it's growth, profit in feed
ing ceases, except to fill it up. This is
limited and only takes short time.
After this period food only repairs
waste, and there is no profit in this
unless an animal is at work. The re-
pair of waste, or restoring it in its
kind, is repaid only in the fertilizing
material it affords. When there is
growth with food, there is double profit.
This is the farmers placer. Farm
Journal.
SPREAD THE ASHES.
In farmers families that use wood
for fuel, there is constant accumula-
stion Of ashes that possess high fer
5ilizing value and should be spread
from time to time, so as to get the
benefit Of their virtues, rather than
allow them to accumulate and deterio-
rate in quantity by being stored in the
cellar OF other places. They are espec
tally valuable for spreading about fruit
trees of all kinds or small-fruits, and
their use for this purpose is probably
as valuable as any that they can be put
to-. Do not Waste the ashes, even if
they are coal ashes.
TEE CHECK REIN.
Never use a check-rein upon a horse
at work, it being calculated to worry
and injure the animal more than the
work. If man has heavy load to
draw he lowers his head by bending for
ward and throwing the whole weight of
his body against it. So does a horse,
If he is permitted to do so. But if
the mans head were so tied back that
he could not bend forward, he would
lose the advantage of his weight; Just
so with the horse. By taking off or
loosening the check-rein on horse at
work, you not only increase his muscu-
lar power, but abandon a fashion which
lis both cruel and foolish.
TREATMENT FOR A KICKER.
The Calistogian gives this prescrip-
ton it's warmest Endorsement: If you
have horse that is in the habit of
kicking, put him in narrow stall
that has both sides thickly padded.
Suspend sack filled with hay or straw
so thatit will strike his heels, and let
horse and sack fight it out. Be sure to
have things arranged so that the horse
cannot hurt himself. The sack will be
victorious every time, and in the end
the horse will absolutely refuse to kick
the sack or any thing else.
CHAFF EoR FEED.
In the old times when threshing was
done altogether with the fail much
account was made of the chaff as feed.
Possibly some light grain was retained
in the chat, which made it better, but
even without this addition think there
is larger proportion of nutritive value
in the chaf surrounding the grain
than in other parts of the straw. AS
usually threshed the chaff is often
wasted. It settles in mass just be-
hind the carrier from the thresher, and
the men making the stack using forks,
find it much easier to handle the coar-
ser straw. It is better to keep one
extra hand on the stack with q finer
fork or scoop to spread the chaff
through the straw as the stack is made.
In this way all will come out together
evenly mixed, and the stack will eata
larger amount of straw The stack.